as in fatness
the condition of having an excess of body fat
obesity has been linked to a number of health risks, such as heart disease
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Recent Examples of obesity
This confirmed that obesity is highly polygenic, meaning more than a single gene plays some sort of role in the process.
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New Atlas, 21 July 2025
The condition is most often caused by factors such as aging, obesity, prolonged periods of sitting or standing, a history of blood clots (such as deep vein thrombosis), or the presence of varicose veins.
—Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 July 2025
In addition to advanced age, other risk factors for chronic venous insufficiency include a family history of varicose veins, tobacco use and obesity.
—Joey Garrison, USA Today, 18 July 2025
Manage weight: Having overweight or obesity is linked to high blood pressure and other conditions.
—Angela Ryan Lee, Health, 17 July 2025
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New Atlas, 21 July 2025
The condition is most often caused by factors such as aging, obesity, prolonged periods of sitting or standing, a history of blood clots (such as deep vein thrombosis), or the presence of varicose veins.
—Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 July 2025
In addition to advanced age, other risk factors for chronic venous insufficiency include a family history of varicose veins, tobacco use and obesity.
—Joey Garrison, USA Today, 18 July 2025
Manage weight: Having overweight or obesity is linked to high blood pressure and other conditions.
—Angela Ryan Lee, Health, 17 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for obesity
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This ensures that the fats on the meat do not start to get warm and degrade the steak.—
Taylor Tobin,
Southern Living,
6 July 2025
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In the early 19th century, beef tallow was a main form of fat used in cooking, and some cultures used it to preserve meat.—
Amy Brightfield,
Better Homes & Gardens,
12 July 2025
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The man’s wife appears to have a different perspective on the matter, though her opinion doesn’t seem to carry much weight in the family’s final decision.—
Ashley Vega,
People.com,
25 July 2025
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In past seasons, the weight of Toronto’s run-scoring success fell squarely on Guerrero’s shoulders — a power dip like this would’ve sunk the entire team.—
Mitch Bannon,
New York Times,
25 July 2025
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Whimsy was also the domain of the Colombian painter and sculptor Fernando Botero, whose signature was a race of voluptuously bloated figures — denizens, from priests to bullfighters, of an almost cartoonish world that, to him, had to do not with corpulence but with the sensuality of human life.—
William McDonald,
New York Times,
28 Dec. 2023
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His thick musculature having bloated into unhealthy corpulence, Maradona was hospitalized in Buenos Aires in April 2004 with what doctors described as a weakened heart and acute breathing problems.—
Jeré Longman,
New York Times,
25 Nov. 2020
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“Obesity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obesity. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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